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Secondary Fire: Side-to-side sweep.
Based on an antique wood-cutting tool, the chainsaw is a devastating melee weapon capable of instantly inflicting massive damage. The primary fire employs a thrust maneuver, while the secondary fire sweeps the blade from side to side (an ideal move for decapitations)."
The Chainsaw is a melee weapon found exclusively in Unreal Tournament.
Overview[]
Classification | Melee Blade |
Primary fire | When the trigger is held down, the chain covered blade will rev up. Drive this blade into opponents to inflict massive damage. |
Secondary fire | The revved up blade can be swung horizontally and can cause instant decapitation of foes. |
Techniques | The chainsaw makes a loud and recognizable roar and can be avoided by listening for audio cues. |
Source: UT Weapon Priority menu. |
The Chainsaw is only available through the Chainsaw Melee mutator, where it replaces the Impact Hammer, as a pickup in certain console-exclusive maps (such as DM-BlockParty in the Sega Dreamcast version), in third-party maps, or through the use of summoning via console commands.
Despite being primitive technology originally designed for cutting wood, the chainsaw is a powerful weapon capable of causing significant damage.
Its primary fire speeds up the saw, allowing for continuous strikes at melee range; as a trade off, every hit of the weapon is quite weak. An enemy armed with an Impact Hammer is likely to win by throwing the chainsaw user far enough away, preventing the chainsaw from hitting the opponent long enough to kill them.
Its secondary fire cuts horizontally like a sword, capable of decapitating enemies.
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Trivia[]
- The weapon is based on the chainsaw from id Software's Doom II: Hell on Earth. As a hidden message, when picked up after spawning via commands, the pickup message references the duration between the release dates of Doom II and Unreal Tournament:
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Unreal Tournament weapons |
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Impact Hammer • Enforcer • Bio Rifle • Shock Rifle • Pulse Gun • Ripper • Minigun • Flak Cannon • Rocket Launcher • Sniper Rifle |
Special weapons: Chainsaw • Translocator • Super Shock Rifle |
Superweapons: Redeemer |
Chaos: UT weapons: Grappling Hook • Bastard Sword • CAS12 Shotgun • Utility Gun • Crossbow • The Claw • Proximity Mines • Chaos Sniper V2 • The Vortex • Sentry Turret |